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Quality Improvement Tools to Advance Public Health Performance

Effective management of projects is critical to their success. Tools in this category provide suggestions and recommendations to assure projects are completed well, and potential derailments are avoided. google analytics.jpeg

Change Management Contingency Matrix - Evaluate potential areas for failure and plan for avoiding them when making a major organizational change
Idea Parking Lot Matrix - Minimize distractions and unrelated disruptions during meetings
Mistake Proofing - Develop countermeasures where a mistake or defect could occur, to improve productivity and reduce rework
Pre-Mortem Analysis - Identify vulnerabilities and potential failures in a plan in efforts to prevent them
Strategy Conceptualization Tree - Translate broadly-stated needs into specific, actionable, achievable, and measureable requirements

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PHF experts have activated these tools in the field. If your organization needs support in using these tools, has questions, or can share an example of how these tools have been used, please contact Vanessa Lamers at vlamers@phf.org.

Find more resources to support performance improvement in the Public Health Improvement Resource Center
Develop successful performance management systems using the Performance Management Toolkit
Review quality improvement courses in the TRAIN Learning Network
Learn about customized technical assistance to apply QI tools and techniques